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*1997. Turuptiana nemophila. 



Ecpantheria nonophila, Herr.-ScliiiiT. Auasercur. Schmett. f. 60 (1854) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 217. 



S ■ Head and thorax olive-yellowish ; palpi, frons, and antennae 

 blackish brown ; tegulse edged with orange ; patagia edged with 

 black above; thorax with dorsal black stripe ; pectus and legs black 

 and orange ; abdomen orange, with dorsal black patch from near 

 base to near extremitj-, a lateral series of blackish spots, the ventral 

 surface greyish. Fore wing olive-ycllow-brown ; the veins pale ; a 

 black patch at base of costa traversed by pale streaks ; an antemedial 

 black line obtusely angled below the cell, then oblique ; a medial 

 black patch on costa traversed by pale streaks and giving rise 

 to a line angled on median nervure, then incurved ; a post- 

 medial black patch from costa to lower angle of cell traversed by 

 pale streaks on the veins, and with a spot of the ground-colour 

 beyond the cell ; a subterminal series of pale-edged elongate black 

 spots bisected by the pale veins. Hind wing yellow, with a blackish 

 streak in cell joining the postmedial sinuous band terminating at 

 vein 1 ; a subterminal series of spots on the veins. 

 Hab. Venezuela., Aroa. Exp. 44 millim. 



1998. Turuptiana obscura. (Plate XLIX. fig. 1.) 

 Turuptiana obscura, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 268 (1901). 



(S . Head and thorax yellowish brown ; palpi aud frons black- 

 brown ; thorax Avith dorsal black-brown stripe ; abdomen orange, 

 with dorsal black patch extending from near base to near extremity ; 

 a sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing dark olive-brown, the 

 veins pale ; subbasal black patches on costa and below cell ; an 

 antemedial line expanding towards costa, obtusely angled below the 

 cell, then oblique ; a medial line expanding into a triangular patch 

 on costa, angled on median nervure, then incurved ; some slight 

 black marks at lower angle of cell; the postmedial line angled at 

 vein 4, then very oblique and strongly angled inwards on vein 1 ; 

 a subterminal triangular black patch from costa to vein 5, a rather 

 curved spot from below vein 5 to below 3, aud spots on veins 2 

 and 1. Hind wing dull orange-yellow; an antemedial fuscous 

 spot from costa to median nervure; an obscure double postmedial 

 line expanding into a patch beyond the cell ; a subterminal, more 

 or less interrupted, sinuous line. 



Jfah. Pekit, 1 <S . iKip. 36 millim. Type t iu Coll. Schaus. 



1999. Turuptiana dissimilis. (Plate XLIX. fig. 2.) 

 C'hcetoloma dissi)niiU, Schaus, J. X. Y. Eiit. Soc. iv. p. 141 (189(5). 



c?. Head and thorax greyish brown willi a sliglit ])urplish tinge ; 

 pal[)i, frons, and untennio black; {)ectus orange; legs orange and 

 blue-black ; abdomen orange, with dorsal blue-black patch on 4th, 

 5th, and 0th segments. Fore wing hyaline, with antemedial, medial, 



